Christian Wolff (baroque Composer)
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Christian Wolff ( Naundorf, 1705 – Dahlen, 1773) was a German baroque composer. He studied in Dresden and Leipzig and then was first ''kapellmeister'' then rector and organist in Dahlen.Uta Wald, essay in booklet to CD ''Baroque Bass Cantatas from Central Germany'' cpo 2007


Works, editions and recordings

23 cantatas survive in
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, 2007. *Cantata ''Ihr Sorgen lasset mich zufrieden'' Klaus Mertens, Accademia Daniel, cond. Ad-El. *Cantata ''Meinens bleibens ist nicht hier'' Klaus Mertens, Accademia Daniel, cond. Ad-El.


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